Film: Skyfall
Nov. 12th, 2012 05:19 pmReasons for watching it: There really wasn't anything else of any interest at the cinema. I thought, if I'm going to watch a dumb action movie, at least let it be one with high calibre actors and decent production values.
Circumstances of watching it:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jack managed to arrange to come and stay with me for a week. We wanted to spend an evening together out of the house, so we did the obvious thing of going out for a meal and a film. I almost never make it to the cinema, because a lot of the time I resent committing myself to nearly £10 and nearly four hours of my life. On my own, I'd rather stay in and read the internet, and with friends I'd rather a social event that encourages chatting. But with the luxury of a week-long visit, I didn't feel the need to spend every possible minute in conversation, so the cinema seemed attractive for once.
So we went to Peaches, the lovely Chinese restaurant where they do an all-you-can-eat menu, but not a buffet, dishes freshly prepared to order. Which is really a lot more fun when you're not on your own. And we'd booked the late screening because the mid-evening one would have meant being too rushed to enjoy dinner, so we filled the awkward 25 minute gap with cocktails at Hector Garcia's. They had a special which was basically like an upmarket White Russian: vodka, Tia Maria, amaretto and milk. It was a very happy-making drink!
This all meant that I was in a very mellow sort of mood by the time we got into the cinema. I was perfectly happy to take the film as it came and not nitpick too much. Then there were lots of adverts, pretty much all for tie-in stuff, which made me slightly feel as if the whole film was about to be a three-hour-long advert for stuff marketed at young men with too much money and not enough self-esteem. Also cinemas are very LOUD; in some ways I almost needed the half hour of pre-film guff in order to acclimatize myself to the bombardment of sound.
Verdict:Skyfall is emotionally gripping, and visually pretty, but makes little sense if you start to think about it.
( detailed (somewhat spoilery) review )
Anyway, I'm glad I saw the film, it made for a good evening's entertainment, and it's great to be able to join in the discussions that are going on around it. Oh, and thanks toantisoppist and vatine for tracking down why my Swedish friends keep sniggering about the title...
Circumstances of watching it:
jack managed to arrange to come and stay with me for a week. We wanted to spend an evening together out of the house, so we did the obvious thing of going out for a meal and a film. I almost never make it to the cinema, because a lot of the time I resent committing myself to nearly £10 and nearly four hours of my life. On my own, I'd rather stay in and read the internet, and with friends I'd rather a social event that encourages chatting. But with the luxury of a week-long visit, I didn't feel the need to spend every possible minute in conversation, so the cinema seemed attractive for once. So we went to Peaches, the lovely Chinese restaurant where they do an all-you-can-eat menu, but not a buffet, dishes freshly prepared to order. Which is really a lot more fun when you're not on your own. And we'd booked the late screening because the mid-evening one would have meant being too rushed to enjoy dinner, so we filled the awkward 25 minute gap with cocktails at Hector Garcia's. They had a special which was basically like an upmarket White Russian: vodka, Tia Maria, amaretto and milk. It was a very happy-making drink!
This all meant that I was in a very mellow sort of mood by the time we got into the cinema. I was perfectly happy to take the film as it came and not nitpick too much. Then there were lots of adverts, pretty much all for tie-in stuff, which made me slightly feel as if the whole film was about to be a three-hour-long advert for stuff marketed at young men with too much money and not enough self-esteem. Also cinemas are very LOUD; in some ways I almost needed the half hour of pre-film guff in order to acclimatize myself to the bombardment of sound.
Verdict:Skyfall is emotionally gripping, and visually pretty, but makes little sense if you start to think about it.
( detailed (somewhat spoilery) review )
Anyway, I'm glad I saw the film, it made for a good evening's entertainment, and it's great to be able to join in the discussions that are going on around it. Oh, and thanks to
antisoppist and vatine for tracking down why my Swedish friends keep sniggering about the title...